Chemical Packaging Operator

POSITION PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Production Manager, responsible for properly labeling, filling and packaging products for inventory or shipment. Provides quality assurance activities to ensure Ricca Chemical Company products meet or exceed stated internal or external packaging/shipping expectations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:

• Act responsibly at all times to insure the health, safety, and well-being of self, co-workers, visitors, neighbors, and property.
• This includes compliance with all RICCA CHEMICAL COMPANY safety policies and procedures, and a working knowledge of government regulations, particularly hazardous material regulations.
• Minimize packaging problems such as the use of wrong labels, wrong bottles, wrong cleaning procedures, wrong siphons or hoses, excessive number of loose caps, wrong caps, filling orders with incorrect product sizes or quantities, and putting stock away incorrectly.
• Place labels on properly while placing proper DOT hazardous labels on cases or containers.
• Ensure every container is in an order, is labeled properly. Labels are placed straight and correctly on containers and cases.
• Must properly fill containers with the proper and consistent volume.
• Affix correct caps and seals are used. Caps are tightened properly and no leakers due to loose caps.
• Use proper equipment is used, siphons, hoses, pumps, carts, etc.
• Follows procedures for approved inventory rotation, and order filling are used.
• Paperwork is correctly and completely filled out.
• Follows instructions and procedures, both packaging and safety, are followed.
• Uses correct equipment cleaning procedures are followed to avoid cross-contamination of batches of product due to improper cleaning of product or equipment.
• Maintain the Production Floor and equipment using regular intervals of preventative maintenance.
• Understanding of basic chemical manufacturing or industrial manufacturing processes.
• Ability to read and understand the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) of a chemical.
• Safe, manual bottling of blended chemicals into various sizes and types of containers to include small and large plastic containers, glass containers, ‘pouched’ cubitainers,
• Pull materials from inventory for packaging and bottling, such as cardboard boxes, pulp inserts, bottles, containers and lids.
• Build packaging boxes and box the bottled product into final shipping boxes/containers.
• Complete manufacturing Batch Ticket documentation of work bottled and/or packaged.
• Support team members in bottling and packaging when one’s own work is complete.
• Cleanup work area at end of shift or when finished working in area.
• Consistently meets/exceeds standards assigned within Functional Training Document (FTD) program.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Commitment to the organizations values; High Standards, Bias for Action, Teamwork, Customer

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Manufacturing experience, working a fast-paced environment
• Attention-to-detail mindset
• Ability to follow detailed work instructions
• Worked in a chemical blending manufacturing environment where both non-hazardous and hazardous chemicals are present or similar work environment

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED, or Technical or Associates degree preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years or more experience in a manufacturing or industrial industry or equivalent work experience.
• Able to read, write and comprehend English language.
• Able to read, write and comprehend English language.
• Work rotating on-call schedule during weekends and holidays.
• Attention to safety and environmental compliance.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical environment may require the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. This position may be working in the warehouse under various indoor environmental conditions, including supplemental heating in the winter months and without air-conditioning in the summer months. May be requested to work overtime and weekends. The position may occasionally be exposed to ruptured, leaking packages, some of which may contain Hazardous Materials. Where appropriate, proper safety equipment should be utilized and/or appropriate personnel notified. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to hazardous materials and chemicals. This job may require lifting of up to 50 pounds occasionally.

INTENT AND FUNCTION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS
All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded.
Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.

Items covered in this job description are not all-inclusive of the expectations to perform this job
satisfactorily. There may be times where management may require that you perform task not listed in this
job description.